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2011-01-18

Labour laws and industrial relations

Comments on Richard Blandy “Labour laws can hurt the weak”, 18/01/2011, http://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/opinion/labour-laws-can-hurt-the-weak/story-e6frg6zo-1225989811394

It would be fair to say that both the efficiency of the labour market and fairness of industrial relations are equally important and neither should be sacrificed.

A key problem with industrial relations is that employers are in much stronger positions over employees and there are significant problems with transparency in employers' decisions to show they are fair.

No industrial system is perfect, although the Gillard reregulation may have gone a bit too far in correcting the previous one.

I think a good industrial relations system should be a balance of the interests of both employers and employees, especially to ensure that the weaker is not exploited by the stronger.

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